TY - JOUR
AU - Patterson, Joan M.
AB - Biopsychosocialpractice and research could be facilitated by a theoretical model that allows for theintegration of concepts across levels of systems. Theories about a system’sresponse to stress have been advanced at the biological, psychological, and sociologicallevels. In this article, a family stress model, the Family Adjustment and AdaptationResponse (FAAR) Model is presented and conceptual links to these other models of stressare suggested. The FAAR Model focuses on three levels of systems: the individual, thefamily, and the community. The emphasis is on the family system and its efforts tomaintain balanced functioning by using its capabilities (resources and coping behaviors)to meet its demands (stressors and strains). This effort to balance demands andcapabilities is mediated by the meanings the family ascribes to what is happening to them.Over time, families go through repeated cycles of adjustment (characterized by relativestability), crisis, and adaptation (characterized by discontinuous, secondorder change) inresponse to normative and nonnormative changes.
TI - Families Experiencing Stress: I. The Family Adjustment and Adaptation Response ModelII. Applying the FAAR Model to Health-Related Issues for Intervention and Research
JF - Families, Systems & Health
DO - 10.1037/h0089739
DA - 1988-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/families-experiencing-stress-i-the-family-adjustment-and-adaptation-VmpLh4bxPi
SP - 202
EP - 237
VL - 6
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -